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November 14, 2016 

The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), passed in 1938, guarantees a minimum wage to almost all employees in the United States, and requires employers to pay overtime when employees work more than 40 hours in any workweek.

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

November 9, 2016 

Many employees today want to develop a deeper connection to their organization and have a sense of purpose. According to the Deloitte study, millennials are more likely to remain at a company that shares its values and are more satisfied with its ...

Chandra Bhansali

Accounting October 27, 2016 

The new overtime regulations will have a significant impact on some businesses. In the meantime, businesses can use the next several months to analyze their labor and productivity, and get a better understanding of what they will need to change to ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 27, 2016 

First of all, the payroll tax base is very broad. Payroll taxes apply to all wages and salaries up to a cap of $118,500, which nearly 83% of wages and salaries fall under. Furthermore, unlike the personal income tax, payroll taxes do not include ...

John Olson

October 27, 2016 

The new deadlines are being imposed by the IRS in an effort to make tax documents more readily available to taxpayers prior to April 15, reducing the need for taxpayers to request automatic extensions while they wait for some of their tax documents.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 27, 2016 

The new overtime regulations will have a significant impact on some businesses, while others may find that their increases in productivity over the past decade have been coming not only from technology, but also at the expense of overworked staff. The arg

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 26, 2016 

While any and all support is important, there is a special understanding that women share - making it vital for us to advocate for each other. I love this quote from our first female Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, who iterates, “There’s a ...

Amy Vetter

October 24, 2016 

Each month we explore the advantages and intricacies of developing and growing a niche practice. This month we're examining what it takes to serve the niche of retail sellers.

Gail Perry

October 24, 2016 

Women are increasingly attaining the reins of power in accounting firms, accounting for about 20 percent of firm partners. This is still not enough, according to thought leaders like Amy Vetter, CPA, who notes that women make up more than half of the ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 24, 2016 

When accounting and bookkeeping firm Dewar Meeks + Ekrem decided it was ready to upgrade its tax and accounting software, the choice was an easy one. “Our server was in a server farm where we maintained all of our software ourselves – the CCH ...

October 24, 2016 

Mentors can fill a variety of roles, all of them beneficial to the organization and the mentees with whom they work. According to the AICPA Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee’s Mentoring Guidelines, a mentoring relationship can ...

Yasmine El-Ramly

October 23, 2016 

Whether you’re looking to bring payroll back in-house for your own firm, or are looking to add payroll services to your firm’s menu offerings, spend some time looking at the products included in this review, download a software trial or view a demo, an

Mary Girsch-Bock